The Israeli government is elated with Donald Trump’s reelection as president of the United States. The reasons are crystal clear. During his first term in office, Trump compiled a strong pro-Israel record. And in the past few days, he has nominated pro-Israel figures as ambassador to Israel and to key foreign policy, defence and intelligence […]
Yesterday, a month after the United States warned Israel it faced a cutoff of military assistance unless it allowed a substantial increase of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip within 30 days, the issue was essentially settled in Israel’s favor. The United States, having announced that Israel had fulfilled some of the conditions it had […]
As he toured Israel’s northern border on November 3, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would restore security there “with or without” an agreement with Lebanon. What he meant is clear. Israel is determined to facilitate the return of some 60,000 displaced Israelis through either diplomacy or military means. Ordered to evacuate their homes […]
Less than a day after Israel struck Iran in retaliatory air strikes, setting back Iran’s abilities to defend itself and build missiles, U.S. President Joe Biden chimed in, saying he hoped that the fourth round of Israeli-Iranian tit-for-tat attacks since April would be the last. “I hope that this is the end,” he said, striking […]
Israel has a sophisticated multilayered air defence system to detect and destroy short-range rockets and drones and medium- and long-range missiles. These systems, comprising the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and the Arrow, have been remarkably effective in downing enemy projectiles launched by Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and Iran. But in […]
Israel carried out a calibrated retaliatory strike against Iran in the early hours of October 26, marking the fourth time since April that these bitter enemies have clashed in a direct confrontation. The question now is whether Iran, Israel’s deadliest foe, will respond in kind. Iran faces a quandary. If it retaliates, Israel would most […]
Three decades on, Israel’s historic peace treaty with Jordan remains fundamentally intact, though it has been buffeted and damaged by a series of events from almost the outset. Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan formally entered into a state of peace on October 26, 1994 in a ceremony in the southern Negev Desert brimming […]
By insisting that the year-long Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip has run its course and should be wound down, the United States is jumping the gun. Of late, U.S. President Joe Biden has repeatedly called for a ceasefire that, he hopes, would lead to several desirable outcomes: the end of the war, the release […]
Nearly three weeks after Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon, its fourth since 1978, Israeli political and military leaders have enunciated a strategic doctrine to ensure that its northern border will be as safe as possible from Hezbollah aggression in the future. Israel launched its operation on September 30, three days after its assassination of Hezbollah […]
Yahya Sinwar, the ruthless mastermind of last year’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel, got his comeuppance on the 377th day of the war he ignited in the Gaza Strip. On October 16, he was killed by Israeli soldiers in Rafah, the last city in Gaza to be stormed and occupied by Israel. He and […]